Gloriavale artists showcase talent in new exhibition

Gloriavale artists showcase talent in new exhibition

: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Gloriavale community members are showcasing their artistic talents in a new exhibition at Greymouth’s Left Bank Gallery. Organiser, community leader and photographer Peter Righteous said the exhibition, named Glorious Artworks, includes paintings, charcoal drawings, landscape photographs, model aircraft and chessboards with hand-made wooden…
Gloriavale finds alternative to BNZ

Gloriavale finds alternative to BNZ

: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills |[Subscription Only] Gloriavale has found a new bank, after BNZ won a court case to discontinue services. The Court of Appeal cleared the way for the Australian-owned bank to close Gloriavale’s accounts in December. That includes the Christian community’s businesses and some of the largest dairy farms…
REAPs explore Coast

REAPs explore Coast

: | Greymouth Star | Subscription Only | Almost 100 representatives from all around New Zealand have spent the past few days on the West Coast for the REAP Aotearoa national conference. The conference was co-hosted by BullerREAP and WestREAP, with delegates being united under the theme ‘community, connection and culture’.…
Pressures tell on Gloriavale finances

Pressures tell on Gloriavale finances

: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills |[Subscription Only] After six years of surplus, the under-pressure Gloriavale Christian Community has reported a deficit of over $800,000. For the year ended July 2024, it reported one full-time employee and 22 volunteers. A surplus of $3.4 million two years ago dropped to $766,000…
Gloriavale Art on Show

Gloriavale Art on Show

: | Greymouth Star | Arianna Stewart |[Subscription Only] Artists from the Gloriavale Christian Community are excited to mount their first exhibition ‘Glorious Artworks’ at the Left Bank Art Gallery in Greymouth. “The idea is that we want to always be keeping in mind with our art that we glorify God,”…
Ministry quiet on India Gloriavale

Ministry quiet on India Gloriavale

: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills |[Subscription Only] A year after a television documentary looked into Gloriavale’s outpost in India, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) is declining to say what action it took. In the TVNZ ‘docuseries’, Escaping Utopia, former Gloriavale members travelled to India and met a member who moved…